PLN readying for additional 2,090 MW this year

State-owned electricity firm, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) will receive an additional supply of 2,090 megawatts (MW) by the end of this year from its first 10,000 MW fast-track power plant development program, a company executive says.

At a public hearing of the House of Representatives Commission VII overseeing energy affairs on Thursday, PLN president director Nur Pamudji said the power capacity from the first fast-track program, launched in 2006, had so far reached 5,707 MW.